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Personal Specifications

As TDC nears its tenth year of business, the company is at an exciting stage of development having grown steadily since launch and more than doubling in turnover and size since 2020. With ambitious onward growth targets and expanding our portfolio, we are looking for a full time Account Manager with strong public relations experience who is outgoing, driven, committed and enthusiastic. This is an opportunity for a passionate and ambitious professional to make their mark, become a mid-level leadership figure in the business and help in keeping a firm hand on the tiller as we grow. A good understanding of the UK media, PR strategy and methodology is essential. The ideal candidate will have a personal passion for the creative industries.

Role Overview

To contribute to TDC PR’s continued success by becoming a mid-level leadership figure in the business, split primarily across client account management and management of junior team members, with room for assistance with strategic business development. This role will report into TDC PR’s senior team, working together to co-manage our roster of clients and ensure the continued delivery of work in line with the high standards and personal, collaborative approach TDC PR has prided itself on from day one. The day-to-day will include:

• Managing a portfolio of clients with the support and oversight of the senior team
• Providing strategic counsel to clients to aid their PR and wider marketing campaigns
• Providing commentators and product or company information to the media (newspapers, magazines, radio, television and online news sites)
• Building relationships with existing and new clients
• Building relationships with key media contacts
• Liaising with clients regarding press campaigns, creative projects and PR solutions
• Dealing with the media, speaking to journalists and other members of the press
• Providing innovative and creative ideas to clients
• Briefing clients and updating them on press campaigns
• Analysing PR coverage and providing written reports
• Communicating effectively with a range of stakeholders

Key Responsibilities

• Daily point of contact with key media contact
• Developing industry, sector and product focused PR campaigns
• Managing the needs of the client and their accounts
• Contributing to daily meetings, and liaising and updating clients on PR activities
• Keeping abreast of current PR trends and tools
• Building client relationships and maintaining a network of media contacts including journalists and industry spokespeople
• Spearheading both traditional PR and social media projects
• Developing news angles, stories and pitches to further the client’s profile, products and services.
• Fulfilling the client’s key performance indicators and growing accounts
• Being involved in pitching for new business and developing PR proposals
• Managing a high level of client interactions
• Managing and mentoring junior members of staff

Key Skills and Experience

• The ideal candidate will have a minimum of three years’ experience in an in–house or agency PR role, ideally relating or connected to the sectors outlined above.
• High levels of communication – both presentation, verbal and written skills
• Impressive emotional intelligence and interpersonal expertise
• A passion for the media, including social media
• Flair for creativity, strategic thinking and innovation
• Strong copywriting and marketing mastery
• Commercially aware and business savvy
• Good industry knowledge and experience in building influential networks
• Solid computer prowess and project management skills
• Outstanding organisation with an ability to manage multiple projects
• Service focused and sensitive to confidential information
• A self-starter dedicated to growth and results
• Energetic, inspiring and self-motivated team player.
• Patient and committed when managing/mentoring junior team members
• Extremely well organised with a great attention to detail
• Resourceful, intuitive and inventive problem solver

If you would like to apply for this role, please send us an email with your CV to [email protected].

Personal Specifications

We are looking for a smart, switched-on, outgoing, driven, committed and enthusiastic PR account executive with proven nous and flare to join the team as a full-time employee. This is an opportunity for a passionate and ambitious professional to develop their career, make their mark and become a core part of the TDC team.

A solid grounding in UK media, PR strategy and methodology is essential. Core to this role is an appetite and proven ability to make and grow relationships with relevant press contacts and industry stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a personal passion for the creative industries and a minimum of 1-2 years’ experience in an in–house or agency PR role, ideally relating or connected to the sector’s core to the TDC business.

Role Overview

The account executive (AE) plays an important supporting role to the accounts team, typically comprising Senior Account Executive (SAE), Account Manager (AM), Senior Account Manager (SAM), and Directors.

The AE will typically work across a number of different accounts, enabling the skills acquired at JAE level to be further developed and reinforced. Supporting and directly reporting to the SAE and AM, the AE is responsible for implementing day-to-day activities to ensure the smooth operation of key accounts.

Right at the frontline of media relations, the AE is adept at selling-in stories to reporters and editors, is a core identifier of PR opportunities, has started to develop a good contacts book of key media and is both proactive and incredibly results-driven. The role is also an opportunity to hone and refine management and mentorship skills over junior members (JAE) as well as begin to develop the core skills required for strategic thinking and client counselling.

An AE will have a natural willingness to learn and a desire to make PR not just a job but a career. In their role, they must be able to understand and accept the ‘bigger picture’ and the intrinsic part they play in this. In this role, the AE will continue to develop a sound understanding of the media landscape, honing and refining the skills needed to generate positive PR coverage across all mediums, as well as assisting in key account administration. To progress to SAE, the AE must be tenacious, a fast and eager learner and a real grafter; able to get stuck into a variety of tasks and supporting their immediate line managers wherever needed.

Specific to this role at TDC, the AE will be personally motivated by the design, innovation and creative industries world, and – throughout their career – will proactively take continuous measures to enhance their understanding and learning of this sector in order to help inform their creative and strategic thinking.

Account Responsibilities

• Pro-actively monitoring the media landscape (newspapers, magazine, journals, newswires, blogs and social media) for PR opportunities for clients, and acting as the front-line radar for identifying and responding to these time-sensitive opportunities
• Studiously learning the media landscapes and media universes of each client, accurately building-up and maintaining media lists, as well as planning pitches with forward features and creating editorial calendars
• Develop and nurture media relationships with key press across print, online and broadcast channels
• Liaising on a daily basis with team, clients and the media via telephone, email and face-to-face meetings
• Preparing accurate client reports, status updates and being an active participant in client meetings and conference calls
• Research, writing and distributing press releases and other written collateral to target media
• Promoting / ‘selling in’ news stories and features to the media
• Assist in collating, analysing and evaluating media coverage
• Supporting the SAE, AM, SAM and AD in future activity planning and account evaluation

Company Responsibilities

• Daily news monitoring
• General administration duties
• Mentor and support junior team members (e.g. JAE, interns)
• Accountability and management of part or all of an account
• Being an indispensable source of support to the wider TDC team
• Continuously developing and honing core pitching, writing and selling-in skills
• Support senior team members at industry and client events wherever necessary
• Assist in researching and identifying new business opportunities
• Assist in developing new business proposals and participating in new business pitches

Key Skills and Experience

• Good verbal and written skills, which can be built on
• Resilient and unflappable under pressure
• Excellent organisation skills
• A sound understanding of clients’ business and their markets and a willingness to build on this knowledge on an ongoing basis
• Good people skills – able to adapt and liaise professionally and engagingly with a range of personalities, both internally and externally
• Self-motivated and incredibly driven
• Good presentation skills, which can be built on
• Resourceful thinker
• Awareness of the ‘bigger picture’ – both client-based and corporately
• A naturally analytical mind – keen to evaluate impact and efficacy of PR
• A considerate and collaborative team member who contributes positively to the work culture

Career Path

To progress to Senior Account Executive position, the AE must consistently achieve and exceed objectives based on the above activities for a portfolio of clients, as well as for the wider company, as agreed with the AM and AD.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send us an email with your CV to [email protected].

Personal Specifications

We are looking for a full time Office Administrator & Bookkeeper with strong organisational skills who is outgoing, driven, committed and enthusiastic. This is an opportunity for a resourceful and problem-solving professional to make their mark and help in maintaining TDC’s working environment and culture.

Role Overview

Reporting in TDC’s Operations Manager, the Office Administrator & Bookkeeper is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, managing accounts payable and receivable, reconciling bank statements, and supporting the day-to-day administrative functions of the company. The successful candidate must have exemplary attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

The day-to-day will include:

Office and Administrative

• Providing administrative support to the Operations Manager
• First point of contact with TDC’s IT support provider
• Managing diaries and company databases, organising meetings and appointments
• Smooth day to day running of the office including insurance renewals, consumables
• supply, managing subscriptions, health & safety.
• Booking transport, travel accommodation and courier services
• Organising company events and conferences
• Managing office purchases
• Dealing with correspondence, complaints and queries
• Preparing letters, presentations and reports
• Implementing and maintaining procedures/office administrative systems
• Organising induction programmes for new employees, office onboarding, distributing employee handbooks and policies.
• Assisting hiring managers in arranging interviews and placing job ads.
• Maintaining vacation, sick leave and attendance records.
• Assisting the organisation’s HR and finance functions by keeping personnel records up to date, arranging interviews and updating financial documents.
• Assisting with people and resources planning
• Answering phone calls to the TDC office
• General receptionist duties, greeting and communicating with clients.
• Ad hoc tasks

Financial Admin & Bookkeeping

• Providing administrative support to the Operations Manager
• First point of contact with TDC’s IT support provider
• Managing diaries and company databases, organising meetings and appointments
• Smooth day to day running of the office including insurance renewals, consumables supply, managing subscriptions, health & safety.
• Booking transport, travel accommodation and courier services
• Organising company events and conferences
• Managing office purchases
• Dealing with correspondence, complaints and queries
• Preparing letters, presentations and reports
• Implementing and maintaining procedures/office administrative systems
• Organising induction programmes for new employees, office onboarding, distributing employee handbooks and policies.
• Assisting hiring managers in arranging interviews and placing job ads.
• Maintaining vacation, sick leave and attendance records.
• Assisting the organisation’s HR and finance functions by keeping personnel records up to date, arranging interviews and updating financial documents.
• Assisting with people and resources planning
• Answering phone calls to the TDC office
• General receptionist duties, greeting and communicating with clients.
• Ad hoc tasks

Key Skills and Experience

• Is experienced with at least 2+ years administration and bookkeeping (preferably in PR and communications but not essential)
• Experience with Xero, Google Drive, Google Workspace and related Cloud-based apps
• Is conscientious and highly organised in everything they do
• Is able to work well as part of a team, but also independently
• Is skilled in independent time management, able to work accurately, efficiently and to multitask across a number of activities simultaneously
• Is a confident communicator with strong verbal, written & presentational skills
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills
• Is comfortable carrying out both low-level & high-level tasks.

If you would like to apply for this role, please send us an email with your CV to [email protected].